{"author":"Theodore Roosevelt","author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt","total_quotes":172,"quotes":[{"text":"We did everything possible to keep up the spirits of the men, but it was exceedingly difficult because there was nothing for them to do.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["boredom","everything","men","nothing","nothing-to-do","possibility","possible","spirit"],"id":515,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena  whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood  who strives valiantly  who errs and comes short again and again  who knows the great enthusiasms  the great devotions  and spends himself in a worthy cause  who  at the best  knows in the end the triumph of high achievement  and who  at the worst  if he fails  at least fails while daring greatly  so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["failures","mistakes"],"id":12070,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["achievement","ambition","brave","caring","devotion","victory"],"id":12275,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["decisiveness","inaction","just-do-it","timidity","wisdom"],"id":13626,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["life","best","work hard "],"id":17114,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"I was glad to hear that you were to be confirmed.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["affirmative","confirmation","gladness","joy"],"id":20060,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["achievement","labor","prize","work"],"id":21179,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["americanism","immigration","patriotism","xenophobia"],"id":27448,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["feminist","human-rights","pro-feminist","roosevelt"],"id":29387,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"},{"text":"Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.","author":"Theodore Roosevelt","tags":["past","effort","present "],"id":31037,"author_id":"Theodore+Roosevelt"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":172,"pages":18,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}